I'm hoping Blackpool win in the afternoon, they're such a mad swashbuckling team, & the Premier League has been duller without them. And Chelsea to LOSE in the evening. I know it's against.....foreigners (a German team!), but Chelsea always have to lose.

One thing about the present Premier League champions of Manchester City mystifies me:

The "Citizens" have always been the underdogs, the team for Manchester's working class. How can these still identify with a club that's now just an expensive toy for an Arab billionaire??!

Not just the owners, some footballers earn more in a week than many supporters earn in 4-5 years! I think it's a really odd situation, & certaintly not a level playing field for teams. I hope this, Fair Play thing works.

That's how it will be. Chelsea will have two shots on goal and score both times. Munich will have 15 shots on goal and score only once, in the 80th minute or later, but will fail to equalize in time.

I wonder who carries the bigger burden in this game? Chelsea with their large amount of backstory (aging team, interim manager, fast-on-the-trigger owner, Fernando Torres not producing, John Terry racism scandal, comeback vs. Napoli) or Bayern having to host this thing in their own back yard and the pressure not to lose there. Germany hasn't won this tournament in ten years and Chelsea never has, so something's gotta give.

Can't wait!

I don't prefer one team over the other, I just hope the referees don't decide the outcome with a stupid call.

I wonder who carries the bigger burden in this game? Chelsea with their large amount of backstory (aging team, interim manager, fast-on-the-trigger owner, Fernando Torres not producing, John Terry racism scandal, comeback vs. Napoli) or Bayern having to host this thing in their own back yard and the pressure not to lose there. Germany hasn't won this tournament in ten years and Chelsea never has, so something's gotta give.

Not to forget Munich has already finished second in the other two competitions this year (lost both German championship and cup to Borussia Dortmund). Three runner-up spots in a row isn't *that* nice.